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LINGUA E TRADUZIONE INGLESE 2 2017-2018 - IT>EN TRANSLATION AND WRITING (I SEMESTRE)


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Online media

One of the keys to being a good translator is to keep abreast of current affairs, both in Italy and abroad. Please try and read the news everyday. Below you will find link to a range of news sources.

BBC

Guardian

Independent

The Sun

Daily Mail

Economist - this is normally a paying service, but you should be able to read some articles for free

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Translation blogs and advice

12 Things a Translator is Not - pretty self-explanatory.

11 Things a translation is not - ditto

How to write clearly - EU guide on good writing

How to be a good translator - skills and interests a translator should have

Commonly mistranslated words - Italian-English false friends

Culture and dictionary use - how culture doesn't always translate

Inglisc - blog containing lots of badly translated 'Inglisc' signs in Italy

Provenwrite - great blog on how to be a professional translator

Miriam's pesky words - a list of difficult words to translate, and more besides

No Peanuts for Translators - nice blog campaigning for decent wages for professional translators

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